I am confused on the ESXi 5 version that Dell has configured.

I installed the VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.0.0-504890.x86_64-Dell_Customized_RecoveryCD_A03.iso on my ESXi servers. I installed from scratch so no updating. Is this esxi 5.0 update 1? If not should we apply update 1? I also have an Equalogic SAN and I use Multipahting on it. I did see the post about that.

The patch listed by coconet, is the latest patch, BUT should not be installed directly onto your current build (504890). You should do your updates per the following link: www.vmware.com/.../findPatch.portal

You would need to update to ESXi500-201112001 first; then do the: update-from-esxi5.0-5.0_update01; then do: ESXi500-201204001; and finally ESXi500-201205001. These updates need to be done in order.

A more controlled approach (and a lot easier) is to use the vSphere Update Manager by following the steps listed in this link: www.techrepublic.com/.../179

The patch listed by coconet, is the latest patch, BUT should not be installed directly onto your current build (504890). You should do your updates per the following link: www.vmware.com/.../findPatch.portal

You would need to update to ESXi500-201112001 first; then do the: update-from-esxi5.0-5.0_update01; then do: ESXi500-201204001; and finally ESXi500-201205001. These updates need to be done in order.

A more controlled approach (and a lot easier) is to use the vSphere Update Manager by following the steps listed in this link: www.techrepublic.com/.../179

I just did the update manager and it is now on 702118 and applied 3 patches rebooted etc. Seemed too easy and only took a couple minutes. Does Update Manager download patches on an automatic basis as I haven't done a manual one for quite a while but the latest patch was in there?

This depends on how you setup Update Manager v5, see this link for the documentation: www.vmware.com/.../vum_pubs.html, on that link, get the “Installing and Administering VMware vSphere Update Manager” and in Chapter 9 and 10 talks about the different options for updates, notifications, etc.

-joe

-Joe

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